Bay Area Rapid Transit

09/03/2026

We are so excited to announce our friends SanFlare will give a special performance and teach attendees how to wotagei dance at this year’s Let’s Glow! BART Anime Festival at Warm Springs/South Fremont Station!

The festival celebrates the shared fandom of anime and transit! This year we have an expanded lineup of artists, performances, food, cosplay, and more.

Details

What: Let’s Glow! BART Anime Festival
When: Saturday, September 19, 4pm to 9pm
Where: Warm Springs/South Fremont Station
RSVP on Eventbrite at letsglowfestival.eventbrite.com. Not required but helps us get a headcount.
Free to attend

Get to know BART’s anime mascots at bart.gov/anime

09/01/2026

Pokémon came to town last week and set some ridership records!

The Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday leading up to Pokémon World Championships were the three highest ridership days for BART since the pandemic with 239,380, 238,643 and 238,824 trips respectively on those days.

The weekend saw great numbers too!

Powell Street BART Station had one of the highest ridership weekends (Fri/Sat/Sun) during the Pokémon Worlds, nearly 40% higher than the 2026 average. That is almost identical to this year’s Super Bowl weekend!

Thanks to everyone who rode and checked out the Powell Street Station Pokémon ad buy, part of BART’s ongoing effort to explore new and creative revenue opportunities as the agency faces a structural deficit starting in Fiscal Year 2027. Dozens of trains were outfitted with posters and ceiling decals celebrating Pokémon.

( Photo courtesy of on Twitter )

08/29/2026

A quick fun fact: a full BART train moves 1,150 people. If those riders drove the line of cars would be 6 miles long 🤯

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08/28/2026

BART will extend the length of evening trains on multiple lines starting Friday, August 28, through Sunday, August 30, for the Pokemon World Championships in San Francisco.

The event will feature a nightly drone show that is expected to start around 9:35pm on Friday and 9:20pm on the weekend that will be flown near the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero along the San Francisco waterfront. The longer evening trains will ensure BART has plenty of room for additional riders before and after the shows.

The Pokemon spirit will be evident on BART throughout the World Championships. Dozens of trains will be outfitted with posters and ceiling decals celebrating Pokemon. Powell Street Station, which is the closest BART station to Moscone Center, will be dominated by Pokemon ads. The Pokemon ad buy is part of BART’s ongoing effort to explore new and creative revenue opportunities as the agency faces a structural deficit starting in Fiscal Year 2027.

The weekend is expected to be a busy one for BART ridership in San Francisco as in addition to the Pokemon Championships, the Giants have home games against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, August 28, and a doubleheader on Saturday, August 29.

Riders coming from San Jose and southern Alameda County who plan to travel north are encouraged to start their trip at Union City the weekend of August 28-29 to avoid delays from rail replacement work. The work requires us to replace our regular train service with free buses between Union City and Warm Springs/South Fremont stations all day Saturday and Sunday. You can learn more about the project and its service impacts here: https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2026/news20260623

08/24/2026

BART is coming to Solano County!

A new interactive exhibit at the Western Railway Museum in Suisun City lets visitors step aboard three legacy BART cars and explore and explore the technology, design, and history of the system. The opening of the museum’s Rapid Transit History Center arrives during Transit Month and the week of BART’s 54th anniversary.  
 
The exhibit is open to the public September 12 and 13, 9:30am to 5pm, at the Western Railway Museum in Suisun City.
 
Get tickets at wrm.org
 
The Western Railway Museum is one of only a handful of places selected to receive legacy BART train cars following the decommissioning of the original fleet.
 
It is the only organization to be awarded three retired cars: A Car 1164, B Car 1834, and C Car 329. Visitors can enter all three cars and explore displays, videos, and memorabilia. Included in admission is access to Western Railway Museum’s exhibits and historic rail car collection, train rides aboard Key System Bridge Unit 187, and the opportunity to take a commemorative photo in the nose of a legacy BART train.  
 
“This exhibit is a picture of the resurgence of rail transit and commuter rail in the 1970,” said Bob Simon, Western Railway Museum board member and retired BART employee. “BART was the start of that revolution.”
 
The Rapid Transit History Center was created in partnership with the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association, which operates the Western Railway Museum and preserves the history of electric rail transportation in the Bay Area.
 
Western Railway Museum preserves more than 50 historic rail cars and offers scenic train rides across its 22-acre site. Visitors can also enjoy exhibits, historic train rides, picnic grounds, a museum store, library archives, and the Depot Café.  
 
Celebrate Transit Month
 
The exhibit opens during Transit Month, when communities across the Bay Area celebrate public transportation with events and activities throughout the region. Learn more about Transit Month at ca.transitmonth.org/bay-area.

08/24/2026

08/21/2026

BART General Manager Bob Powers and BART Director Barnali Ghosh joined Representative Lateefah Simon, the City of Berkeley, and the South Berkeley community to celebrate $850,000 in federal Community Project Funding for the city’s Adeline Complete Street and Ashby BART Transit Plaza project, which will make the stretch of Adeline Street from Ashby Avenue to the Oakland border safer for pedestrians, bicyclists, and riders accessing BART’s Ashby station.

This project also lays the groundwork for access to housing at future transit-oriented developments coming to the Ashby station area. We thank Rep. Simon for all her work in Congress to support access to transit and connecting communities.

08/21/2026

BART General Manager Bob Powers led 70 riders on our first-ever free walking tour of BART yesterday! The group visited three stations, spotlighting fresh upgrades and the art and architecture that define each stop.

Special guest speakers joined the tour to discuss station history, design, engineering, and partnerships.

General Manager Powers and other BART leaders highlighted aspects of the New BART experience including our new fare gates, lighting and safety upgrades, the new schedule, and gave a sneak peak at new pilot projects on the horizon!

Thanks for coming out!

08/14/2026

BART crews will be in the trackway near Fremont Station to replace an interlocking, which is a critical portion of the system that allows trains to safely move from one route to another. To ensure a safe workspace for the team, there will be no train service between Union City and Warm Springs/South Fremont on the following weekends:

*August 15-16
*August 29-30
*September 12-13
*September 26-27

Free buses provided by AC Transit will move riders between Union City, Fremont, and Warm Springs/South Fremont stations. Riders can expect delays ranging from 30 to 40 minutes through the area on shutdown weekends. The work will also require us to shut down the Green Line for the weekend. The bus bridge will feature direct service between Union City and Warm Springs/South Fremont as well as hopper service that will also stop at Fremont Station. Fremont Station will offer no train service but will remain open for buses.

There will be an Orange Line train making loops between Warm Springs/South Fremont and Berryessa/North San Jose. Northbound departure times will be adjusted ten minutes earlier. The last two evening trips from Berryessa/North San Jose normally scheduled for 11:38pm and 11:49pm will be canceled. Riders should instead use the train that departs at 11:10pm. Northbound trains dispatching from Berryessa and Union City Stations will differ from the current schedule. Blue Line departures from Dublin/Pleasanton and Daly City will also differ from the regular weekend schedule. If all that's a bit confusing, go to our Trip Planner which has been updated to reflect the schedule changes on the work weekends.

Riders coming from the bus bridge and headed for San Francisco should plan to transfer from an Orange Line train to a Blue Line Daly City train at Bay Fair Station. The Blue, Red, and Yellow lines will run with normal 20-minute intervals between trains. The Orange Line trains will run every 20 minutes but with the bus bridge. Orange and Blue line trains will be extended from six to eight cars.

*Please note it was extremely difficult to schedule these five weekends as there are many events taking place in the Bay Area this time of the year and we had to work around FIFA World Cup. We know there are events occurring on some of these weekends and we are sorry. We worked very hard to limit the number of events impacted.

This upcoming work is part of BART’s overall effort to improve safety and reliability of the 131-mile, 50-station system. You can learn more about the progress of this work by reading the latest Measure RR Annual Report published by the independent Measure RR Bond Oversight Committee.

You can keep up with the latest updates for trackway repair projects that affect service by going to our Alerts and Advisories page.

08/14/2026

BART’s Let’s Glow! BART Anime Festival returns to Warm Springs/South Fremont Station for a celebration of anime, art, music, cosplay and transit fandom. This year’s free festival will be bigger and better than ever, following a huge turnout of more than 4,000 attendees last year!

The festival celebrates the shared fandom of anime and transit, with an expanded lineup of artists, performances, food, cosplay, and more.

Get to know BART’s anime mascots at bart.gov/anime.

Details

What: Let’s Glow! BART Anime Festival
When: Saturday, September 19, 4pm to 9pm
Where: Warm Springs/South Fremont Station
RSVP on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bart-lets-glow-anime-festival-2026-tickets-1997913990528?aff=oddtdtcreator Not required but helps us get a headcount.

Free to attend

What to expect

What to expect
Artist Alley: More than 100 artists will sell a mix of BART, anime-, and transit-themed art, along with their own original artwork. Check back for the full catalog in the coming weeks.

Music and performances: AniClover will DJ all night, and SanFlare will perform wotagei, a high-energy style of synchronized fan dancing. SanFlare will also teach attendees the official BART wotagei dance.
Special Youtaite concert: An exclusive VTuber concert produced by Neon Shrine featuring J-pop and Vocaloid cover artists JubyPhonic, Rachie, and Lizz Robinett

Railgoods: Shop BART and BART anime mascot merchandise, including new and exclusive products available at the festival. Find our current BART anime merch: https://www.railgoods.com/bart/anime/

Food truck village: Boba + exclusive drinks, desserts, and an array of cuisines from food trucks.

Trinket & freebie trading: Gachapon Pals will be managing tables for freebies, trinket trading, and stamps! Bring your trinkets to trade, freebies to share, and collect exclusive event stamps!

Itasha cars - APPLICATIONS OPEN: More than 50 anime-themed cars and vehicles will be on display. Sign up for itashas through Dreamscape here: https://forms.gle/LxaU7o2TZwHK1qvg8

Community tables – APPLICATIONS OPEN: BART is looking for local fan clubs (of all kinds), community fan events/spaces, BART fan projects, transit operators, or public services to table at the event. . Apply here: https://bartmart.notion.site/37cb53326cb281649c58e82a68f534d0

Cosplay and win prizes
Start planning your outfit now! This year we are hosting a cosplay contest with prizes, including a special category for anyone cosplaying as one of BART’s anime mascots. See the cosplay contest details and guidelines here: https://craftysorceress.com/bart-cosplay-contest/

Cosplay seminar: Crafty Sorceress will answer your cosplay questions and show attendees how to dress as BART’s anime mascots. Check out their cosplay guides for Baylee, Nimbus, Jasmine and Mira.

Take BART to Let’s Glow! and receive exclusive giveaway
Parking at Warm Springs/South Fremont Station will be extremely limited, so attendees are encouraged to park at nearby BART stations and take BART to the festival.